I read something simillar once, this guy had a trooper and was offered a buy out price at the end of the lease, way above the book value, this was a few years ago when troopers had a bum rap for rollovers, he said no, the lease Co called him 2 weeks later and offered it $2,000 less, he offered something like $4,000 less and got it.

Definitely worth a call to the lease Co and make 'em an offer, I'd even call them now and make a buy out offer, ...everythings negotiable.